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Woman Claims She Was Denied Proper Care Needed In Jail
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michael Maier had a sex change several years ago and became a woman. She is now suing the city of Jacksonville, claiming she was denied needed hormone treatment while in jail.
"I was placed into a solitary confinement cell," Maier said. "Not given any medication because I'm a post-op transgendered person."
Maier was arrested on charges of driving without a license and resisting arrest without violence. Now, she's suing for what she said was improper medical care to deal with the transgender surgery that she underwent years ago.
"They refused to even give me my hormone shots," Maier said.
Video: Transgender Woman Suing City
Maier said the hormone shots and other treatments are critical to sustain the surgical procedure and keep her a woman.
"They basically let me languish there for five days where I went through pure hell," Maier said. "I was totally ignored. They wouldn't help me out at all."
Prior to the lawsuit, Maier asked for a settlement of $200,000. The city rejected that dollar amount writing, "This case has a value in the hundreds of dollars, not hundreds of thousands of dollars."
In the city's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, it said Maier answered no to the following questions: "Do you have a medical problem that requires immediate medical attention?" "Are you now under treatment or taking medications?" And, "Do you suffer from any other medical condition for which a physician is seeing you?"
Maier is still critical of the jail treatment. She said the reason for the lawsuit is to make sure this doesn't happen to any other transgender person.
"I think that every detention center or jail should have, No. 1, the proper training in regards to how to treat a transgendered person," Maier said.
Transgender Woman Files Suit Vs. City - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michael Maier had a sex change several years ago and became a woman. She is now suing the city of Jacksonville, claiming she was denied needed hormone treatment while in jail.
"I was placed into a solitary confinement cell," Maier said. "Not given any medication because I'm a post-op transgendered person."
Maier was arrested on charges of driving without a license and resisting arrest without violence. Now, she's suing for what she said was improper medical care to deal with the transgender surgery that she underwent years ago.
"They refused to even give me my hormone shots," Maier said.
Video: Transgender Woman Suing City
Maier said the hormone shots and other treatments are critical to sustain the surgical procedure and keep her a woman.
"They basically let me languish there for five days where I went through pure hell," Maier said. "I was totally ignored. They wouldn't help me out at all."
Prior to the lawsuit, Maier asked for a settlement of $200,000. The city rejected that dollar amount writing, "This case has a value in the hundreds of dollars, not hundreds of thousands of dollars."
In the city's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, it said Maier answered no to the following questions: "Do you have a medical problem that requires immediate medical attention?" "Are you now under treatment or taking medications?" And, "Do you suffer from any other medical condition for which a physician is seeing you?"
Maier is still critical of the jail treatment. She said the reason for the lawsuit is to make sure this doesn't happen to any other transgender person.
"I think that every detention center or jail should have, No. 1, the proper training in regards to how to treat a transgendered person," Maier said.
Transgender Woman Files Suit Vs. City - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville